PRINCIPAL RESIGNS OVER SCHOOL DRUG RAID

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. - A high school principal announced his
resignation Monday after coming under fire over a November drug
sweep in which police with guns drawn ordered students to the floor.

"I realized it is in the best interest of Stratford High School and
of my students for me to make a change," George McCrackin said in a
statement. School officials asked Goose Creek police to come into the
school Nov. 5 after receiving reports of marijuana sales on campus.
Police said dogs sniffed drug residue on 12 book bags but found no
drugs. No one was arrested. The raid led to allegations of excessive
force and racism, because many of the students were black.

District Superintendent J. Chester Floyd said McCrackin will be
reassigned to a still-undetermined position. But he said McCrackin
will probably spend the coming weeks preparing for two lawsuits filed
by students over the incident.

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